dailydatewithgod

We are used to seeing tags on our clothing.  The little piece of fabric provides all kinds of useful information. It informs us of what we are dealing with. The tag tells you what the materials comprise the article, the size, how to care for it, and what to avoid doing enabling you to get the most optimal use out of it, and where it was made.  In most cases, we read the tag once and then cut it off and throw it away. We glance at it, categorize it with others that are similar and wear it.  Seldom do we stop to reflect on who was involved in the making of it from the designer to the person who put the label on the clothing. I have often wondered if it would be helpful for people to have tags.  We certainly do a lot of labeling of each other without having any information.  It would helpful to have a label of correct information to verify our ideas.  How much more care would we have towards other people if we knew what they were made of, where they come from, how to best take care of them and so on. I know it sounds a lot like how we treat our animals but often we do a better job in how we take care of our animals than our fellow human beings. What kind of tags do we give ourselves?  What words or turns of phrase do we say without much thought when describing ourselves.  What kind of tag does that provide those around us so they know how to take care of us? Given that we are formed over time and we develop an outside appearance and an inner reality, what would a true tag tell the world about who we are?  Just like some clothing, it is not what it seems.  God invites us to notice what tags we are wearing that we have placed on ourselves, were given to us by others and may or may not be applicable any longer.   By pausing to notice our self-made tags given we don’t actually have physical ones, we get an idea of what we think and feel about ourselves.  Our own tags show the world where we come from, what we are made of, and how to care for us.  What do you want your tag to say?